Free on-demand webinar

The Importance of CGMP to the Safety of Compounded Drugs

How Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) Offer a Reliable Remedy to Poorly Compounded Drugs

45-minute presentation with 15-minute Q&A

While many pharmacists see CGMP as having unduly risen the bar of compliance from what they have been accustomed to under SBOP, proper implementation should not be seen as a regulatory burden when compared to the costs of noncompliance––a point made clear in 2012 when improper compounding at the New England Compounding Pharmacy sparked an outbreak of fungal meningitis which resulted in 64 deaths, hundreds of injuries, and serious criminal charges.

This webinar presents a critical analysis of the importance of CGMP to the safety of compounded drugs.

What we'll cover:

• Evidence based on the activity of the (FDA) in just one year (2016–2017) that adoption of some of the basic tenants of CGMP by compounding pharmacies have not been taken seriously or taken hold of as quickly as they should
• Reasons why the absence of elementary practices such as the implementation of a quality management system (QMS), founded on the principal of good documentation practice (GDP), have been cited with continuous and increasing frequency
• Why the crux of the problem of noncompliance to CGMP is the lack of working knowledge of systems comprising CGMP regulations and a lack of basic training on those systems
• How the implementation of a quality management system may accelerate the adoption of CGMP as a means of sustainability for compounded medicines in the very near future

About the Presenter

Gary E. Ritchie is an internationally recognized expert in multivariate spectroscopic analysis, pharmaceutical analysis, regulatory compliance, laboratory management, design quality, and process analytical technology using spectroscopic methods including near-infrared, Raman and multivariate analysis. Gary has nineteen years of industry experience with increasing responsibility, five years of policy experience and ongoing consulting experience in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry.